NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Angolan Free-tailed Bat
Mops (Mops) condylurus (A. Smith, 1833)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Angolan free-tailed bat (Mops condylurus) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are dry and moist savanna, although it is sometimes found at the edges of woodlands.
Wikipedia contributors, Angolan free-tailed bat; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:10:36.802597+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Mops (Mops) condylurus (A. Smith, 1833)
- Name authority
- (A. Smith, 1833)
- Common name
- Angolan Free-tailed Bat
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Chiroptera
- Family
- Molossidae
- Genus
- Mops
- Extinction status
- Recorded extant
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
- subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
- infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
- orderChiroptera Blumenbach, 1779
- suborderYangochiroptera Koopman, 1984
- superfamilyVespertilionoidea Gray, 1821
- familyMolossidae Gervais, 1856
- subfamilyMolossinae Gervais, 1856
- genusMops Lesson, 1842
- subgenusMops Lesson, 1842
- speciesMops (Mops) condylurus (A. Smith, 1833)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Mops. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Short-winged Free-tailed BatMops (Xiphonycteris) brachypterus (Peters, 1852) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malagasy White-bellied Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) leucostigma (G. M. Allen, 1918) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Midas Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) midas (Sundevall, 1843) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Malayan Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) mops (de Blainville, 1840) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf Free-tailed BatMops (Xiphonycteris) nanulus J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Niangara Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) niangarae J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) niveiventer Cabrera & Ruxton, 1926 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Railer BatMops (Xiphonycteris) thersites (Thomas, 1903) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Congo Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) congicus J. A. Allen, 1917 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bakari's Free-tailed BatMops (Xiphonycteris) bakarii Stanley, 2008 | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mongalla Free-tailed BatMops (Mops) demonstrator (Thomas, 1903) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peterson's Free-tailed BatMops (Xiphonycteris) petersoni (El Rayah, 1981) | MolossidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Chaerephon osborni J. A. Allen, 1917 J. A. Allen, 1917 | synonym |
| Mops angolensis wonderi Sanborn, 1936 Sanborn, 1936 | synonym |
| Mops condylurus condylurus (A. Smith, 1833) (A. Smith, 1833) | synonym |
| Nyctinomus condylurus A. Smith, 1833 A. Smith, 1833 | synonym |
| Mops angolensis orientis G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1942 G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1942 | synonym |
| Mops condylurus orientis G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1942 G. M. Allen & Loveridge, 1942 | synonym |
| Mops condylurus osborni (J. A. Allen, 1917) (J. A. Allen, 1917) | synonym |
| Mops condylurus wonderi Sanborn, 1936 Sanborn, 1936 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=632221 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:44BRT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.